The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-27

Observation-Disclosures fresh butter sells for
10 to lSc per lb; cheese, 16c per ID; eggs,
13c per dozen; potatoes, 40c per bushel;
beef, to &c per h. pork &c per Id; lamb,
45c per lb mutton, % to SC per ID; sugar,
to &c per Id; syrup, 80 to zoe per gallon.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were $3.50 head.
The market was fairly good, Northern sell
ing at to &c and fancy lots at to tic per
pound. j. S. Henry sold one mich COW at
$40; j. b. Remick sold two milch cows at
S45 each; l. G. Libby & Son sold one pair of
steers, weighing 2,240 lbs, at 4c per ID, live
G. III. Merrill sold one pair of working oxen,
girthng six feet and eight inches and weigh
ing $500 lbs, at 500 The above are fair
samples of the sales made.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
II 766 head. The demand was good at % to
54c for sheep and 81 to &c for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were 10 O39 head
The market was steady, Northern dressed
selling at to Tic and Western live at 6 to
64c per pound
HIDES TALLow, ETc.-we quote Brighton
hides at 81 to &c and country lots at to 61c
per ID; calf-skins, &c per Id; pelts, S1.35 to
SLID each; Brighton tallow, . to &c, and
country lots at II to &c per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EttrS-l lt llldThtb Is III Il lnuCll stronger
condition. We quote extra Vermont and
New York at 49, to 14c and choice Western
at 133c per dozen.
CHEEsE.-There is no material change in
the market from last week. There are no
offerings of new full-cream cheese as yet.
Old cheese is closely sold up. Extra Yer
mont sells at 10 to 15lc, good to choice at II
to 15c, common at 9 to 12c and extra sage
at IL to 15c per pound.
BUTTER.-The market is hardly in sat
sfactory condition. Prices are working
slowly down with the steadily increasing
receipts. Trade is dull. Extra North
ern creamery sells at % to 24c, extra
20 to 24c, the finest Franklin county dairy
at % to &c, good to choice do at l6 to
! 22c, extra Vermont at % to &c, choice
! Northern dairy at Is to 22c and fair to good
do at Is to 21c per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
The trade in Eastern lumber has shown
an Improvement during the past week, as is
natural, considering the brighter and more
| open weather and the increasing building
operations. The receipts are increasing,
but the lumber is being taken readily. The
ice is not yet out of the Maine rivers, but
vessels are coming in from the Provinces
and the lower river ports. Clapboards are
in fair demand and moderate supply.
Shingles are in very good call and are in
good supply. Laths are in good demand.
Dry hemlock boards are in good call and
scarce and high Green boards are not
plenty. Spruce boards are in fair call
also. Box boards are in good call. There
is a good demand for frame lumber and trade
is increasing. Rough hemlock boards sell al
$1,000 to 5000 and planed do at S11.0O
to $3.50 the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $500, coarse at $500 and
refuse at $500 TO $500; one-inch box
boards at $500 and seven-eighths do al
] M. a,I,s N,
$40 to S362I, clear do at $500 to $3.12s, the
best shaved shingles at S5.25, other grades
at 1926 to S4.75 and No. spruce at Sl.25 to
$780, extra four-foot spruce clapboards al
1927 90 to 800 do clear at S25 to $27 90 and
other grades at Sl2to S2l 90; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to S2,12l; the best spruce
underfoors at $1,000 and other grades al
$3.50 to $500